Irrigation valve and fitting



April 20 1926. 1,581,723

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IRRIGATION VALVE AND FITTING K Filed July 20. 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 "f Juve r.. .gaer morw,

April 20 1926, 1,581,723

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Patented Apr. 20, 1926.

UNITED STATES;

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ROBERT W. nomi, or tannins, FLORIDA.

Application filed July 20, 1922. Serial No. 576,253. i

To all whom t may concern:

a citizen of Dthe United States, residing at Larkins, in the county of Dade and State of Florida, have invented 'certain new and useful Improvements in Irrigation Valves and Fittings, of which the following is a specification.

10 elements of irrigation systems `and is especially adapted and intended for use in socalled low-pressure irrigation systems for irrigating porous soil,` such, for instance, as are in xuse in Florida 'in -irrigating -citrons fruit groves. 1 In irrigating such soil an abundant flooding periodically is infinitely more effective and beneficial than a continuous spraying as the latter is subject to rapid evaporation and does not penetrate to a satisfactory depth, and the flooding system can be operated periodically and at a low pressure with but little fuel expense, whereas the spray system must be operated under high pressure, involving high initial cost and high ruiming expense for fuel, lubricating oil and other running expenses, y

The objects more particularly inview are in the outlets yof outlet sections arranged at regular intervals in the system, land provide a valve or cap to close the opening in said collar to preventthe vescape of water there- 35 said valve or cap that they will combine with each other in facilitatingpthe correct positioning of the valve or cap in its application to, and the rapid and tight application of `the-valve or cap to,`said collar, and will facilitate its removal from said collar; and to provide an outlet fitting and elbow or spout interchangeable with any one of the valves or caps and formed in such manner as to cooperate with any one of said collars, all of which objects, among others, are accomplished by the invention hereinafter set forth and claimed.'

In the accompanying` drawings under-ground tile-pipe low-pressure system equipped with collars, valves or caps Vand an outlet elbow as contemplated by my invention;

Figure 2, a side elevation thereof, the ground being shown as cut away;

. y v(3-6 of Fig. 5;l This invention relates to fittings for or,

to provide an outlet collar to be mounted'- through; to so form the said collarand Figure 1 represents a plan view of anV Figure 8, an 'elevation of the-collar and 1" valve or cap, in combined relation; y

Figure 4:,a top plan view of the valveA orV cap; Y

Figure 5, a bottom plan yview of the collar and valve or cap'in combined relation;

Figure 6, a sectional view on the line Figure 7an elevation of thecollar by itself, and at right angles to the viewv shown in FigVS; .Figure S, a bottom plan view oftlievalve or cap alone; y 'i Figure '9, a sectional view onthe line 9-9 of Fig. 8, looking away from thepositioning rib or web, n y :J

Figure l0, a sectional view on the line 9 9 of Fig. 8 looking in the direction of the positioning rib for spideryand` p 1 Figure-1l, a central cross-sectional view through the coupling casting l14C of thetoutlet elbow 13 shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

Referringnow in det-ail to the drawings,

A designatesthe underground tile-pipe line composed of sections of tubular draining tiling such as -now commonly known, the end of one section of the tiling fitting into the enlarged or bell-e-nd ofthe next, said pipeline having at regular intervals theT outlet sections having the outletypart C extending Y up to the surface-of the ground and having its upper endl enlarged or cupped, as usual, to receive an outlet collar l, whichis prefer! ably of `cast iron and is to be secured in position vby cement or the like poured in between its outer face and the inner'lface of the enlarged upper end portion of'part C. To guard against the collar l lbecoming loose so as to turn about its axis in said enlarged end I form said collar l with grooves 2l to forni keys in the cement or outwardly from front toward rear, and increasing in width axially of the collar 1 first on an abrupt curve, and thereafter gradually unt-il the i'ear end of the flange is reached. Also, each said flange. has its operative face undercut, sothat it presents only a narrow edge at its radially outer portion for eiigageinentby the curved faces 5 of the fingers 6 of arins 7 of the valve or cap 8, which faces 5 are formed on an arc of a relatively sinall circle, giving an abrupt-ly curved surface `facilitating easy' and quick engagement with the cooperating curved ends 4 of the cains or flanges 8. Thus, in use there will be but a very slight portion of each surface 5 in engagement with the thin edges of the respective flanges '3,' theoretically but a single point contact as to each such said surface 5, thus avoiding large frictional surface contact and facilitating the ease of application and removal of the valve or cap 8. Further, by having Asuch small .contact surface, the cost ofthe finishedfp-roduct is greatly decreased inasmuch asin machining it will be necessary tof machine only a kthin edge surface and, very slightly, a small portion of the surface 5 of the finger 6 'of each of the arins 7. Further, in case of any slight defect in the cast-ing operation resulting in slightly uneven length between the intervals between the surfaces 5 of the respective fingers 6 and the adjacent face of the valve or caip 8, this defect maybe easily corrected simply by grinding off.` the upper part of the central portion of the finger 6 which is tooclose to the said adjacent face of the valve or'cap 8, instead of grinding down the entire surface of the.

face 5 ofv said finger 6; f

The valve or vcap 8 is provided with two grips-or handles 9 for ease of application and removal. n

-The lower face of the valve or cap 8 is formed 'with a widepacking groove l10 considerably wider than otherwise necessaryto give Vainple leaway for "defects in casting', and vis provided with ajpositioning rib; or

web 11, which has formed -with it, in the forni illustrated, two sinall reinforcing webs 12. ThisV positioning .rib or web 11 is a great aid in the quick application of the valve or cap 8 to an open collar 1, this because of the fact that as the valve or cap S is applied, as soon as it gets closely adjacent to the end ofthe collar 1, it will be subject to skating on -the outflowing water, it being remembered that the water is flowing out of the outlet and that'it is not feasible to see that the valve is exactly centered just before the position mentioned, the saidv rib 11 will fit into the open end of the collar l1, efi'ectually preventing suc-h skating and correctly po sitioning the valveor cap 8 if not already in correct position, so that all that is necessary to app-ly one of these valves or caps 8 is to clap it down on the collar 1 and then give it a partialirotation in the correct direction until the surfaces 5 of the fingers 6 of arms 7 come into tight engagement with the lower edges of lthe respective flanges The outlet spout 13 is provided with an outlet fitting or casting 14, shown in Fig. 11, ofthe saine construction as the valves or caps 8 except that the central portion, including lthe positioning web 11, is eliminated, and, instead, an annular flange l15 is provided around such central opening and has ay tapering outer face to frictioiially ,engage in the lower end of the sheet inetal outlet spout or elbow 13, from which a' canvas or other flexible tube'lr'l yconveys the water tothe tubular, preferablyV sheet inetal, conveyers or distributers 18. The outletielbow 13 with its cast-ing 14 is 'interchangeable with 'the valve 8y and may be applied to any one :of the Acollars 1, it being understood that only one such elbow will he applied at atinie to any ofthe outlet collarson a line of piping, the valves or caps 8 being securely in place on all the other outlet collars 1 of said pipe-line. 1

' A suitable'packing -16 is arranged inthe packing groove 1() of each valve or cap 8, to bear aga-inst the 'upper edgev of the respective collars 1 and prevent the escape of water between said valve 8 and the edge of lcollar 1.

' Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure byLet- Vters Patent is: c

For use as cooperating elements'. of a lowpressurev irrigation system, a metallic outlet collar adapted to be fixedly mounted in'one of the outlet openings of said systein and having wedging flanges, in combination wit-ha cap adapted to fit on the open upper end of said collar and having fingers engaging against the under faces, respectively, of said flanges, to drawrsaid cap tightly against the upper end of said collar as the cap; is partially rotated in the direction of closing, said fianges havingv their lower faces undercut so asY to havefonly an edge forcontact, and said fingershaving'their engaging faces forined in an abrupt curve to give'only a fine point contact with the edge ofv the respective flanges. n.

f ROBERT lV. DORN.

sitioning rib, when the valve l8 gets to the 

